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]]>Synopsis: This week on "The Self Advocate..." Julia chats with Pega Ren, a sex therapist. How do you know when you need a sex therapist? Pega answers this question and many others, as well as discusses the #metoo movement, the recent Gillette commercial outrage, and sexual personalities.

Synopsis: This week on "The Self Advocate…" Julia chats with Melanie Pederson, the Founder and Designer of FREE REIGN. Melanie shares her story of battling widespread chronic pain from several injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in 2014, which occurred nine days following the birth of her son. A journey that had taken her to dark, lonely, and harrowing places.

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]]>Synopsis: This week on "The Self Advocate…" Julia chats with Melanie Pederson, the Founder and Designer of FREE REIGN. Melanie shares her story of battling widespread chronic pain from several injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident in 2014, which occurred nine days following the birth of her son. A journey that had taken her to dark, lonely, and harrowing places.

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]]>Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Julia chats with Joyelle Brandt, a speaker, mothering coach, and multi-media creator who works to break the silence that keeps childhood abuse survivors stuck in shame and self-hatred.

]]>48:53noA Resilient Mother’s Journey to Support Her Children’s Mental Illnesses, with Maureen TownsMon, 15 Oct 2018 12:00:09 +0000Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Julia chats with Maureen Towns and how one mother’s journey to support her children’s mental illnesses led her to creating a business that helped reclaim her life, and that of others.

]]>Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Julia chats with Maureen Towns and how one mother’s journey to support her children’s mental illnesses led her to creating a business that helped reclaim her life, and that of others.

]]>46:22noWhat It’s Like to Live with Depression, with Joanna BrailsfordMon, 17 Sep 2018 12:00:50 +0000Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Julia chats with Joanna Brailsford. Joanna joins Julia to share a deeply personal story of dealing with chronic depression and what it’s like to live with bipolar disorder.

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]]>Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Julia chats with Joanna Brailsford. Joanna joins Julia to share a deeply personal story of dealing with chronic depression and what it’s like to live with bipolar disorder.

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]]>Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Julia chats with Lisa van Reeuwyk, a business coach, speaker, and workshop leader. Lisa specializes in showing entrepreneurs how to turn their passion into a profitable business.

]]>38:12noThe Many Faces of Addiction, with Lencha NastovaMon, 20 Aug 2018 22:03:52 +0000Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Julia chats with Lencha Nastova, who is one of the many faces of drug addiction. Now in recovery, Lencha helps people overcome addiction and reclaim their life through self-empowerment.

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]]>Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Julia chats with Lencha Nastova, who is one of the many faces of drug addiction. Now in recovery, Lencha helps people overcome addiction and reclaim their life through self-empowerment.

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]]>Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Julia chats with Ladan Rahbary, an art therapist. Alternative therapies are often dismissed or given no merit. Today Ladan shares some personal stories about how art can bridge the gap when conventional therapy doesn’t work.

]]>38:08noYour Gut Is More In Charge of Your Health Than You Think – With Jennifer LloydMon, 09 Jul 2018 19:23:36 +0000Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Julia chats with holistic nutritionist, Jennifer Lloyd at “Eat For Living.” They take a deep dive into explaining what holistic nutrition is and is not, how the food you eat affects your gut microbiome, and what you can do to improve your health by making tweaks to what you put in your body.

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]]>Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Julia chats with holistic nutritionist, Jennifer Lloyd at “Eat For Living.” They take a deep dive into explaining what holistic nutrition is and is not, how the food you eat affects your gut microbiome, and what you can do to improve your health by making tweaks to what you put in your body.

]]>45:45noReclaiming Your Body, with Lyndsy PahlMon, 25 Jun 2018 11:00:57 +0000Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Lyndsy Pahl is a mother of two who physically and mentally wanted to feel and look better. Throwing the self-limiting belief aside that it’s too late to change, she created a program to reclaim her body that allowed her live life by her design. Now she wants to teach others the same.

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]]>Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate…” Lyndsy Pahl is a mother of two who physically and mentally wanted to feel and look better. Throwing the self-limiting belief aside that it’s too late to change, she created a program to reclaim her body that allowed her live life by her design. Now she wants to teach others the same.

]]>39:19noThe Health Benefits of Moringa Oleifera with Kumusta Moringa Founder Dehara SeptemberMon, 18 Jun 2018 11:00:52 +0000Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate” Julia interviews Dehara September, the founder of Kumusta Moringa and a mother who turned her difficulties with producing breastmilk into a wellness business to transform the health and lives of others.

]]>Synopsis: This week on “The Self Advocate” Julia interviews Dehara September, the founder of Kumusta Moringa and a mother who turned her difficulties with producing breastmilk into a wellness business to transform the health and lives of others.

]]>40:17noThe Healthcare Practitioner You Didn’t Know ExistedSun, 10 Jun 2018 05:19:14 +0000Synopsis: Known as the jack of all trades in the healthcare system, Occupational Therapists are widely unknown or poorly understood. What is an Occupational Therapist and when should you see one? These questions and more are discussed on today’s inaugural episode of The Self Advocate podcast.

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]]>Synopsis: Known as the jack of all trades in the healthcare system, Occupational Therapists are widely unknown or poorly understood. What is an Occupational Therapist and when should you see one? These questions and more are discussed on today’s inaugural episode of The Self Advocate podcast.